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TABOR
: Taxpayer's Bill of Rights |
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TAFN
: that's all for now |
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TAI
: International Atomic Time (In French:
Temps Atomic International) : an international time scale with a
continuous temporal reference calculated at the BIPM using data from
some two hundred atomic clocks in over fifty national laboratories;
the scale unit of TAI is kept as close as possible to SI
second. BIPM estimates
that TAI does not lose or gain with respect to an imaginary perfect
clock by more than about one tenth of a microsecond (0.0000001
second) per year.
TAI is a
uniform and stable scale which does not, therefore, keep in step
with the slightly irregular rotation of the Earth. For public and
practical purposes it is necessary to have a scale that, in the long
term, does. Such a scale is Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). |
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BIPM
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botany
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taproot
: the main root of a plant, usually central, which grows directly
downwards, bearing smaller lateral roots. |
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social
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TATA
: There Are Thousand Alternatives : refers
to a slogan attributed to Susan George, a prominent critic of
neoliberal globalization; related to the main political slogan AWIS
(Another World Is Possible) of the alter-globalization movement World
Social Forum. Compare with: TINA. |
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tax
: taxation : a compulsory transfer of money (or
occasionally of goods and services) from private individuals,
institutions or groups to the government; it is one of the principal
means by which a government finances its expenditure. It may be
levied upon wealth or income (a direct tax), or in the form of a
surcharge on prices (an indirect tax). |
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technique
: tools (implements, instruments, appliances, machines), methods
(procedures) and skills of performing something. Synonym:
technic. |
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philosophy |
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teleology
: the structure of goals and purposes; in somewhat narrower meaning
it is a belief, as that of vitalism (opposed to mechanism), that
natural phenomena are determined not only by mechanical causes but
by an overall design or purpose in Nature. |
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vitalism
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TEMS
: Terrestrial Ecosystem Monitoring Sites : an
international directory of sites (named T.Sites) and networks that
carry out long-term, terrestrial in-situ monitoring and
research activities. The database provides information on the
"who, what and where" that can be useful to both the
scientific community and policy-makers.
http://www.fao.org/gtos/tems |
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botany
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tendril : a filiform
spiral shoot of a climbing plant that clings or coils around an
object for the purpose of support. |
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teratogen
: an agent causing formation of a congenital anomaly or monstrosity. |
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congenital |
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terse
: neatly or effectively concise; brief and pithy (as language). |
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botany
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thallus
: an indifferentiated plant body without true stems, leaves, or
roots; |
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thesaurus
: a dictionary of synonyms and antonyms; (in a broader sense) any
dictionary, encyclopedia or other comprehensive reference book. |
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thicket
: a thick growth of underbrush, small trees, or shrubs; a number of
shrubs and small trees etc. growing close together. |
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think
tank : a research organization (institute, corporation,
or group) that analyzes political or social or economic etc problems
for the government or for business firms. The term
that has only found use since the 1950s, and there is still some
debate over what constitutes the first think tank. One candidate is
the Fabian Society of Britain, founded in 1884 to promote gradual
social change, and another is The Brookings Institution, founded in
the US in 1916. The term ‘think tank’ itself was originally used
in reference to organizations that offered military advice, most
notably the RAND Corporation, formed originally in 1945. |
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thought
: the action or process of thinking; cognition; serious
consideration; the power to imagine. |
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thrift
: economical management of money and resources; frugality or the
wise management of money and resources. |
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meteorology |
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thunder
: the sound wave produced as a lightning stroke heats the air
causing it to rapidly expand. |
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meteorology |
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thunderstorm
: a storm with lightning and thunder, produced by a cumulonimbus
cloud, and usually associated with gusty winds, heavy rain, and
sometimes hail and tornadoes. |
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Internet
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TIA
: thanks in advance |
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social
slogan
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TINA
: There Is No Alternative : refers to a
slogan attributed to Margaret Thatcher, once prime minister of
Britain, i.e., that there is no alternative to global free-market
capitalism. This is the central slogan of economic liberalism,
arguing that free markets, free trade, and capitalist globalization
are the only way in which modern societies can go. Compare with:
TATA. |
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botany
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tomentose
: hairy; covered with short, matted, woolly hairs. |
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tool
: a device (e.g. engine) or a procedure (e.g. algorithm) that
provides a mechanical or mental advantage in accomplishing a task;
in a narrower meaning, the term tool is used to
describe simple mechanical tools (e.g. hammer) which do not consist
of somewhat independently operated parts (as opposed to machine). |
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geography |
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toponym
: a name of a place (city, district, island, etc.) |
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meteorology |
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tornado
: a violently rotating column of air below the base of a
thunderstorm, and in contact with the ground; a tornado does not
require the visible presence of a condensation funnel cloud. |
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meteorology |
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tsunami
: an ocean wave produced by a sub-marine
earthquake, landslide, or volcanic eruption. These waves may reach
enormous dimensions and have sufficient energy to travel across
entire oceans. |
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Internet
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TTFN
: ta-ta for now |
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botany
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tuber
: a fleshy, rouded part of a subterranean stem, as the potato or
arrowroot; new plants develop from the buds, or eyes, that grow in
the axils of the minute scale leaves of a tuber. |
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botany
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tubercle
: a small tuber or tuberlike root growth. |
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geography
: toponym |
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Tule,
Tular, Tulare : tule is the common Mexican Spanish
name for the cattail or bulrush (Scriptus sp.) and similar
aquatic plants, derived from Aztec tollin; the place where
they grow is called a tular. Nowadays the names Tule, Tulare,
and the diminutive Tularcitos are used in more than fifty place
names in California alone, e.g. Tule River, Tulare (city), Tulare
Lake, and Tulare Co. |
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botany
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turion
: a scaly, solitary shoot springing out of the ground, often fleshy
as in the asparagus. |
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